Also known as: Amrix, Comfort Pac with Cyclobenzaprine, Fexmid, Flexeril
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Fibromyalgia: Knocks me out! Which allows me to sleep, at least for a few hours until it wears off. I could not take this during times I need to remain awake, but when I want to be able to fall asleep, it is wonderful!
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I injured my back and it took me 4 days to visit the doctor. Even though he barely examined me, he prescribed me Amrix. I'm not the hugest fan! I am a busy mother who works full time and goes to school full time. Amrix makes you tired and not able to do a whole lot. It didn't help too much with the pain either.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: Flexeril is a good muscle spasm medication for acute issues. For chronic pain it is basically not effective. I was hospitalized years ago with a ruptured disc and was given Flexeril 3 times a day. I was so out of it that I could hardly stay awake and it took about a week to get back to normal after I was released. However now that I have had spinal fusion at C4-5 the Flexeril is not really effective relaxing my very hard muscle spasms. I have had 3 surgeries, 2 of them failed. The second was anterior (back of the neck) and cut through the nerves and muscles in my neck. The result is chronic muscle spasms in my neck and generally my left shoulder area. I rated a 5 based on the different indications.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have had muscle spasm's for years. Flexeril has always worked for me. New doctor wanted to try this. Completely did not work at all.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I've experienced recurring back spasms for many years. At times they are unbearable. Amrix really worked at easing the spasms, but I noticed a jittery feeling the next day. I also felt very shaky, but not dizzy, just jittery. It took about 24 hours after I stopped the medicine before the jitters went away. I also had a little slurred speech after one day of Amrix. I stopped the medicine and of course the spasms returned.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Fibromyalgia: This medicine has been amazing for me. I was unable to sleep on my right side for the last 5 years due to pain, and now I can, with almost no pain. The only down sides are that it causes extreme "dry mouth" for me (which gets worse when I am nervous) and constipated. But it is worth it for the pain relief I am getting.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I was prescribed cyclobenzaprine following Ankle Fusion surgery for Avascular Necrosis of the Talus. Surgeon removed a portion of the Fibula to reform a new talus(ankle) following the removal of dead bone. Taking cyclobenzaprine is very effective in keeping muscle spasms at bay. At 7 weeks following surgery, the cyclobenzaprine appears as effective as the pain medicine (hydrocodone) in allowing me to sleep through the night. I think if I had to choose one medicine Cyclobenzaprine or Hydrocodone, I would choose the Cyclobenzaprine.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: THIS DRUG HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR MY PULLED MUSCLES, SINCE I AM ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN, MOTRIN, NAPROXEN AND ALL OTHER DRUGS LIKE THAT. AT LEAST THERE IS SOMETHING I CAN TAKE, THANK YOU!
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: Excellent. Had hip pain so bad that I could only stand for 10-15 minutes at a time. One dose along with methylprednisolone and the pain went away.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have been taking this because of a fall in the produce department at the store (slipped on water). Severe hamstring issues and lower back. Not giving much relief.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: It really helps with the bad headaches from surgery.
Lets me relax to sleep. Sleep gives the strength I need to help heal. Only problem is once I take it I can't do anything else I get very tired.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I was prescribed this for my back pain and headaches... well actually to get me sleeping because I have difficulty sleeping. First 2 days it was really powerful I couldn't even sleep. I was way over relaxed. After 2 days the medicine did not work. My tolerance built up way to fast to this medicine. I also take percocets.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have a herniated dic at C6-7 from an auto accident, 1 year ago. I've tried everything. I've had multiple trigger point injections and epidurals for the constant spams throughout my shoulders, neck and scapula. The combination of 1 year of injections and 1 week of Amrix. I can see a possibility of returning to work, without surgery, I hope. I still take pain medicine's, anti-inflammatory medicines and Lyrica. The Amrix has given everything a boost.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have been using Flexeril for nearly 6 years, along with Oxycontin for pain relief following back surgery. I have found it to be terrific for relieving muscle spasms towards evening helping me in getting several hours of sleep.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) : To be honest, once I woke up from falling asleep after taking Flexeril, my mother thought I was drunk. I could not walk straight for the life of me, I was slurring, my vision was blurring and I can not remember half of the day after I woke up from my nap. I went to bed five hours after that and could not remember what happened. I will say I was VERY relaxed after taking it. Mom woke me up from my nap to go work with my cow and I had to carry a 5-gallon bucket of feed and all I could do was drag it.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: Don't take it in the morning or you may be sleepy all day. Doctor told me to take it about 6PM. No problem after the change.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: Medicine does not work at all. I have to have trigger point injections to relax my muscles at least 1 x a week - not fun. 50 injections and still have to take Flexeril 3 x a day.
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cyclobenzaprine for Sciatica: I notice no pain relief from this drug. It makes me extremely sleepy throughout the day and causes my mouth to stay dry. At least I get a good nights sleep, but I wake up feeling groggy and never get going after that. Sometimes causes me to feel confused, but maybe that is the groggy effect returning. I'm male, 42 years old, and in good health overall.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Fibromyalgia: Doesn't touch my pain while I am awake but puts me to sleep and in the morning I notice it helped relax bad spasms.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I sleep like a baby while on this medicine. I dont wake up with a tense neck and shoulders. Im finally getting the rest I need. The only thing is I sometimes do not get enough sleep because of small kids and I wake up drowsy. Oh yeah and the dry mouth/lips. Other than that I love it.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Sciatica: This is my first time to use it. I take it as soon as I wake up and it does make a difference, but doesn't do a lot for the pain.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I went to my internal medicine doctor on June 10. Told her about my right shoulder hurting - she gave me Flexeril and naproxen together - they work for my condition: rotator cuff. I've taken Flexeril in the past for muscle spasms. The only side effect with it is dry mouth. I don't have any side effects with naproxen.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I took Amrix last night for the first time at about 9pm. It seemed like it took the edge off the pain. I never had a feeling of euphoria like some medicines are prone to deliver. About midnight I went to bed, I woke up at noon the next day. By 1:30 pm, I was back in bed till 4pm. The medicine works great at taking the pain away, but, if you need to be productive the next day and don't have 12-14 hours to dedicate to sleeping I wouldn't take this medicine. I'm glad I had nothing to do on a Saturday but I still didn't want to waste it by spending the whole day in bed sleeping.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I had some very tight, non-spasming, muscles in my back. Acute myo-fasciatis or something like that. For some reason, my doctor prescribed Flexeril, Vicodin 5/500 and 800 mg Ibuprofen. I didn't like the idea of taking Ibuprofen with acetaminophen, so I just used the Flexeril and Vicodin. It worked very well, but I couldn't do anything but turn into a pile on the couch when taking both.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have had cervical fusion in the past and when I am extremely stressed or do too much manual labor I sometimes get severe muscle spasms. I was given samples of Amrix and took it in the evening and slept like a baby. The next day at work I didn't have any drowsiness, but also did not have spasms or pain until it was time to take again. I took it only for 5 days and it was enough to calm the muscles down.
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cyclobenzaprine for Temporomandibular Joint Disorder: Helps relax muscles while I sleep so I don't clench my teeth and wake up with pain. Unfortunately, leaves me feeling off balance and hung over the next morning. I'm going to talk to my doctor about lowering the dose to see if it is still effective.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) : I messed up my back about 3 months ago and it got so bad that I could hardly walk. My doctor put me on Norco for the pain, but it didn't really help, and flexeril to help me get to sleep without hurting so bad, but instead of helping me get to sleep, it literally kept me up. There were nights that I would lay in bed from 11:30pm until 5:00am and just could not get to sleep. My back stopped me from doing a lot of things I would normally do for over two months, but the pain finally ended about 2 weeks ago.
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Fexmid (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have multiple chronic pain conditions such as bulging discs, fibromyalgia, occipital neuralgia. Flexmid is exactly the same drug as Flexeril. Both made me fall asleep and made me feel hung over when I woke up.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Sciatica: I suffered horribly from sciatica. Flexeril helps loosen my leg and back. It helps with muscle spasms. I can tell before my leg is ready to lock up. I take Flexeril and in 20 minutes, it loosens up. With a combination of medicines and stretching, I am recovering.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I take Flexeril with Loratab 7.5/500 due to a neck injury and spinal fusion of the C5/C6 Cervical Vertibrae
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Fibromyalgia: Non-Restorative Sleep Disorder - After months of agony, the rheumatologist tried Flexeril on a 10 mg, once a day (before bed) regimen. Within a week, I felt better. Within two weeks, the symptoms were gone. Symptoms included: extreme fatigue, pain & swelling in both knees, pain & swelling in one wrist to the extent that the wrist was becoming deformed in appearance.
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Fexmid (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I had severe muscle spasms from either tearing or pulling a muscle in my back when playing with my son. I couldn't stand, breath, just lay down with out my back pulsating. Went to a Care Now facility because it was the weekend, a doctor gave me Fexmid and inflammatory ibuprofen medicine. Within an 30 minutes I could feel my back muscles retracting. Flexmid also helps with my TMJ cause I grind my teeth at night sometimes.
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cyclobenzaprine for Migraine: I think this is a decent muscle relaxer that works well to calm one's nervous system down when in high stress. Also works good to help slow pain and aches.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I was taking Flexeril for muscle spasm's in my back. It would reliave the pain a little bit, but when I did my exercises and took Flexeril it helped. For severe pain I had to take Percocet. The two worked well together.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have taken a lot of pills and so many seem to mess up the head and confuse the body, but Amrix clears the muscle spasm without to many side effects on the body.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Sciatica: My GP suggested I try Amrix after I had a flare-up of severe sciatica along with related lumbar pain. A year ago I was diagnosed with a dessicated disc at L5-S1. I first had only localized pain in the lower back; however, after several months, I began to experience intense sciatic pain. At that time, I underwent 3 epidural steroid injections, which cleared most of the pain for approximately 1 year. This recurrence was extremely intense; I was barely able to walk. I began to overcompensate while walking, causing severe muscle spasms. On a scale of pain 0-to-10, I was at 9 for about 4 days. I took 1 Amrix at bedtime for 10 days. My pain went from 9 to 7 to 4 to 3 in just 3 days. By day 7, I had no sciatic pain at all. Truly amazing.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Sciatica: I agree with the previous person on this medication for sciatica. It does help you to sleep but does nothing for pain throughout the day.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Sciatica: Flexeril does not really take away my pain, but it helps me relax and sleep. If you take too much, it will cause confusion.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Migraine: I am an 18 year old female who has only been taking this for about a month. I've had migraines for about 4 years and have been prescribed every kind of beta and calcium blocker you can think of. Right now, I'm taking this along with Tiazac and it seems to be the best combination for me so far. I no longer wake up with pounding headaches, nor get limb weakness or spots. My only complaint is that it takes a few hours to start working, and then it does so full force. I would say to definitely take this before bedtime, and don't plan on doing anything until you get a good rest.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I have been in hospital for 3 weeks now. It started out as obstructive jaundice, which they put in a stint and started me on Vidocin. The vicodin worked great for my abdominal pain, but did nothing for the spasms I started getting in my back after being in the hospital bed for over 2 weeks. Finally, after 2 days of intensely painful and nearly uncontrolable back spasms, they put me on Flexeril. I'm finally able to move around and breath normally without triggering more spasms. Thank God for Flexeril. The pain is nearly gone. It didn't shut it out entrirely, but it made it bearable enough that I'm finally able to move, instead of having to stay perfectly still and take shallow breaths to avoid triggering another one.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Migraine: I agree that Flexeril is helpful because it helps me relax enough to sleep when I have a severe migraine. I can only take it at home at night though because it makes me tired.
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Amrix (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: Amrix is the first muscle relaxer that has worked for me. I have multiple situations, my main complaint is a cramp that goes from my upper neck and right shoulder all the way down below the small of my back just to the right of my spine. Amrix helps me tremendously. I am so grateful for this medicine.
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Very helpful after L4-L5 rupture. I cannot tolerate opioids; my doctor was not too optimistic about this alleviating my pain (and it doesn't), but it, along with NSAIDS and steroids, allows me to deal with it.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I was rear ended in an auto accident. The second doctor I saw for the whiplash injury prescribed cyclobenzaprine as well as 800mg Ibuprofen. The two work quite well together. I'm able to move with more ease during the day. It also has helped quite a bit with muscle spasms at night. The only side effects I've had are dry mouth and some minor dizzy spells.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Migraine: I get aura's without the headache (as well as the headache separately) which consisted of loss of speech, loss of power in my limbs etc and found that Flexeril often helps to prevent the aura's. Not sure why, and it isn't as effective any more, but to begin with as soon as I stopped taking it the symptoms would come back. After a year, I was able to stop taking it and the auras stayed away. Unfortunately, after 10 years they have come back and Flexeril doesnt seem as effective against them.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Migraine: I have Flexeril prescribed to me because I suffer from migraines. I'm 17, have been getting migraines for about 9 years and have been on flexeril for about 2 years. I only take it occasionally when I get a bad migraine and need sleep to help with the pain. Although it's not usually prescribed for headaches or migraines, it helps reduce the pain lots and helps me sleep while I have a bad migraine.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I had much pain for years in back of head and neck area. Asprin did not help much. I found doctor who perscribed cyclobenzaprine and it has worked very well. I sometimes use only a half a tablet and now I sleep well.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for : My doctor prescribed Flexeril after finding I had a posterior disc protrusion in my neck and degenerative disc disease in my lower back. I must say it worked great in reducing my pain and helped me sleep at night when the pain was the worst. My doctor told me Flexeril was far less addictive than similiar drugs such as Soma. I am very pleased with its results.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I was prescribed flexeril for muscle spasms after spraining my lower back muscles while lifting a TV by myself. It was very helpful as a part of my recovery.
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I take fexeril with Ultram and it does me wonders. I'm 27 and have a very bad back and neck. I take them in the mornings to keep the pain away while staying active. The only problem I have with fexeril is that may heart likes to race every-once-in-awhile and if I take it and don't do anything I fall asleep.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: I use cyclobenzaprine whenever I strain or pull a muscle in my lower back. Typically I have to take one dose on two consecutive days before I can feel the muscles in my back, "unclench", so that I can straighten up and move without pain.
I use a couple of Ibuprofen also to reduce inflammation. The ease and convenience is second to none.
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cyclobenzaprine for Muscle Spasm: After suffering from a severe back injury, I found that this medication used in conjunction with an anti-inflammatory type drug (Naproxen) was more effective than large doses of Lortab. Pain is significantly reduced without the side-effects of other pain medications. Other than not hurting as much, I can't tell I'm taking it! This is a big improvement!
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Flexeril (cyclobenzaprine) for Muscle Spasm: I'm not sure of the dosage that I was on, however against my doctors orders I was doubling up on my dosage. It was helpful, but not nearly as helpful as other medications that I have taken. I have a job where I have to do a lot of heavy lifting, so muscle sprains are common and something that I have commonly been treated for.
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